Redefining Men: Alternative Masculinities in a Twelve-Step Program

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-48

  Irvine, L ^a   Klocke, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

codependency; hegemonic masculinity; stereotypes; traditional masculinity; transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990348068     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X01004001002     Document Type: Article

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